Alpha+1 game session Europe situation after seventeen rounds 01/03/11

@Fishmoto37:

Attached photo shows Europe situation at the end of round six. Operation Barbarossa has started. Large U.K. fleet camped in zone 110 to be a bridge to Normandy. Germans in Paris ready to counter any landing. Germans still control Danish straights. Italy controls Gibraltar straight and Malta. N. Africa is Italian. The Italians have just defeated the U.K. force in central Africa. U.K. has retreated to S. Africa. A small U.S. force is headed to Africa in the south Atlantic. German transport poised off Yugoslavia to get that bonus in Egypt and to render the Italians help if they need it.

After eleven rounds germany and Italy seem to have the upper hand. U.S building a fleet in the east. The Soviets seem a little out of position but the Germans lack infantry on the eastern front.    12/27/10

@calvinhobbesliker:

Woah! Italy has a giant fleet!

Where did all the British tanks come from? Is Japan so on the defensive that India can afford to build all tanks and send them west?

Yes Japan is in deep trouble. Italy has a large tank force blocking. Italy is using chips.

After three sessions and seventeen rounds this game was called a draw. Moscow was about to fall.

@calvinhobbesliker:

You guys didn’t want to try US/UK/ANZAC/China vs Italy and Germany? Were you too exhausted to continue the game(not necessarily this session)?

Yes we were kind of wore out on that game. I wanted to get started on a new game so that I could switch sides and play the allies. We used my new U.S. income schedule on the current game and I want to try it again with myself playing the allies this time.

@calvinhobbesliker:

Okay. Out of curiosity, what were the incomes of the remaining nations? I have a feeling that, with the fall of Moscow and Tokyo, the allied still have the economic advantage.

OK, I am ready to hit the rack right now. I will try to post the incomes tomorrow.

@calvinhobbesliker:

Okay. Out of curiosity, what were the incomes of the remaining nations? I have a feeling that, with the fall of Moscow and Tokyo, the allied still have the economic advantage.

OK Calvin, here are the incomes at the end of 17 rounds.  U.S.–-53 IPCs+35 NOs                                                             U.K.—15 IPCs                                                                        India—28 IPCs+ 5 NO                                                              U.S.S.R.-3 IPCs                                                                       China–20 IPCs+6 NO                                                                Italy—36 IPCs+15 NOs                                                            Japan–22 IPCs                                                                       Germany-68 IPCs+15 NOs                                                          Anzac–13 IPCs+10 NOs

@gsh34:

That is an absolutely crazy looking board.  It looks like there are over 1000 units on the board including the chips.  How many hours did the game last before calling it?

About 17 hours including breaks.

@Gargantua:

TANKS TANKS TANKS!

Why so many TANKS?

OK Gar here is the scoop. Germany had attacked Moscow in an earlier round but did not have enough infantry. So after one round of combat they performed a retrograde movement. (they went back to were they came from) So Germany was left with panzers and luftwaffe but no infantry. More panzers were coming up but got there way before the infantry. Germany took the extra panzers toward China while infantry came up. Italy started the arms race in the south by moving towards Persia. India saw that Persia was good ground because of access to Turkmenistan in southern Russia. To keep India from helping the Soviets the Italians rushed tanks to Iraq with the intent to take Persia. Tanks and planes were the only units that could get there quickly.